Crustacean insights

Among these, the price of Pacific herring in the Karaginsky District for 2025 increased from 50,100 tons to 95,800 tons, almost doubling; Pacific herring in the northern Sea of Okhotsk increased from 310,000 tons to 330,000 tons. The quota for narrow-barred Spanish mackerel in the West Sakhalin region increased from 40,000 tons to 50,000 tons. The quota for opilio snow crab in the northern Sea of Okhotsk increased from 17,291 tons to 19,955 tons; the quota for blue king crab in the West Kamchatka region increased from 3,184 tons to 4,139 tons. The Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo) stated that the total catch of the Russian fishing industry in the first eight months of 2025 was close to 3.5 million tons, a decrease of 1.9% year-on-year. Among these, the catch of narrow-barred Spanish mackerel was 1.64 million tons, an increase of 2%; the catch of Pacific cod was 88,500 tons, an increase of 0.3%; the catch of Pacific herring was 375,000 tons, an increase of 18.2%; the catch of crabs in the Far East was 44,000 tons, an increase of 9.2%.

On September 11, the Southern Air Logistics Co., Ltd. subsidiary, Southern Cross-border E-commerce Company, and Victoria Seafood Pty Ltd from Australia, officially signed a procurement cooperation memorandum in Melbourne to jointly expand the China-Australia fresh air trade. It is reported that the first batch of Australian lobsters under this procurement cooperation departed Melbourne on September 12 via Southern Air flight CZ322, arriving in Guangzhou. After Australia lifts the lobster export restrictions in December 2024, the domestic consumer market's demand for imported lobsters will continue to grow. Since the beginning of this year, Southern Air Logistics has cumulatively ensured an over 280% year-on-year increase in imported lobsters, mainly to first-tier cities such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Victoria Seafood is a well-known Australian seafood supplier. The two parties will conduct in-depth cooperation around the export of Australian lobsters and other specialties to China, steadily expanding the import scale of such products. At the same time, Southern Air Logistics will also actively expand cooperation with other high-quality Australian suppliers, jointly promoting cooperation in more fresh categories such as salmon, cherries, and strengthening the promotion of Australian high-quality agricultural products such as wine, beef, and dairy products in the Chinese market. Southern Air Logistics continues to strengthen its Oceania route layout and deepen the construction of China-Australia trade channels. It is reported that in 2024, Southern Air Logistics has cumulatively transported over 30,000 tons of cargo on the China-Australia route. Southern Air Logistics helps Australian fresh products reach the domestic market directly while further expanding to Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, and the Middle East regions. Image source: China Civil Aviation Network 2025 International Fruit and Vegetable Report. All rights reserved. For reprinting, please contact the International Fruit and Vegetable Report for permission and indicate the source as the International Fruit and Vegetable Report.

An official statement from the United States, labeling them as "unqualified," has sentenced Vietnam's 12 fisheries to "death": starting from January 2026, tuna, crab, and squid will no longer be able to enter the U.S. market. The reason is "lofty"—fishing methods may harm marine mammals. As a result, containers laboriously pulled ashore by Vietnamese fishermen are blocked at ports by a notification, with estimated losses reaching up to $500 million. This is the absurdity of global trade. Vietnamese fishermen toil day and night, enterprises invest in cold chain processing, thinking they were competing with Thailand and India, only to find their opponents are the breathing rights of whales. While Thailand, India, and Japan have already obtained U.S. permits, Vietnam is stuck, watching helplessly as the market is intercepted. In fact, Vietnam has been making efforts to reform in recent years: upgrading vessels, establishing supervision, and submitting data reports. However, the U.S. requirements are like an unreachable bar—once you reach 70 points, they tell you that 95 points are needed to qualify. Thus, Vietnam's improvements have become "futile efforts." This scenario is a black humor in the business world. Fishermen thought they were selling fish, enterprises thought they were exporting, but their real buyers are not supermarkets, but U.S. laws. No matter how high the fish prices or how good the quality, they are no match for a dolphin accidentally caught in a net. The urgent call from the deputy minister is more like a captain's announcement: "Everyone, patch up the holes quickly, don't wait until the ship sinks to panic." The problem is that the holes are still at the bottom of the ship, and the patches are only valid if the U.S. nods in approval. The plight of Vietnamese seafood serves as a warning bell for any country dependent on exports. Today it is dolphins, tomorrow it could be carbon emissions, and the day after, perhaps "insufficiently transparent food labels." At the global trade table, the goods are fish, but the game is played with politics, environmental protection, and discourse rights.